Dorothy Henriques-Wells

  Dorothy Henriques-Wells(1926-5 Maris 2018)yar wasan zanen Jamaica ce kuma malamin fasaha. An san ta da ɗimbin launin ruwanta da ke nuna tsiro da shimfidar wurare na Jamaica.Ta yi aiki a cikin National Gallery na Jamaica kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Musgrave na Azurfa don fasaha a cikin 1987.Henriques-Wells ta sauke karatu daga Kwalejin Fasaha ta Ontario a cikin 1951, inda ta kasance tsohuwar tsohuwar makarantar baƙar fata ta farko.Ta koyar da fasaha a manyan makarantu da kwalejoji na Jamaica sama da shekaru ashirin.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Dorothy Henriques a cikin 1926 a Saint Andrew Parish,Jamaica.Mahaifiyarta Lilieth Henriques mai zanen mai ce kuma mahaifinta Llewellyn mai kayan ado ne.Ta zana wahayi a matsayin mai zane daga mahaifiyarta,wacce ta zana yanayin yanayin da ke kewaye da su da kuma shuke-shuken da ta girma.

A cikin shekaru 12,Dorothy ta bayyana niyyarta ta zama mai fasaha.Daga 1936 zuwa 1943 ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta Wolmer don 'yan mata a Kingston,inda ta sami lambobin yabo da yawa don fasaharta.Koren der Harootian ɗan ƙasar Armeniya ne ya koyar da ita a gidansa a Barbican daga 1939 zuwa 1943.Bayan ta kammala makarantar sakandare,ta koma Toronto inda ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Ontario (Jami'ar OCAD yanzu)daga 1947 zuwa 1951. Ta koyi hoto kuma ta haɓaka salon launin ruwanta na gaske a can.Ita ce Bakar fata ta farko da ta kammala karatun jami'a tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a shekarar 1876. A cikin zanen karatun ta, samfurinta wata Bakar fata ce da ke sanye da kayan kwalliyar gargajiya.Ta kuma yi karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta Minneapolis.

Rayuwa ta sirri

Henriques-Wells ya auri Carl F.Wells,likitan likitan dabbobi,a 1956.Sun haifi 'ya'ya uku.Diyarta Mary Wells yar fim ce.Henriques-Wells ya kasance sanannen mutum ne a Kingston,wani lokacin yana sanye da"manyan huluna bambaro tare da sabbin furanni makale a baki da riguna masu ruwan hoda mai ban tsoro."Mawaƙin Jamaican Jasmine Thomas-Girvan ta tuna ganin Henriques-Wells tana ƙarama kuma ya yaba mata da ƙarfafa ta ta zama ƴar fasaha.